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Post by Sabre on Jun 7, 2014 12:14:32 GMT -5
So the story I'm working on involves reincarnation, two types of magic, and steampunk floating cities. The villain chased the people up into the sky many generations ago, and he's the main antagonist the villains have to deal with throughout the series (I'm planning on making three). He's a cyborg, and he was put together thanks to the main characters in one of their previous lives (granted, the people who actually built him stole the stuff from them).
And he's nuts. Because magic.
So I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what his name would be before he became the Cyborg. He was a somewhat wealthier (and sane) but still working class man before the hullabaloo started. :/ Help? I figured I'd let the NTWF name him.
Oh, and he's British.
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Post by Ian Wolf-Park on Jun 7, 2014 12:41:04 GMT -5
Normally, I would go for a noble title such as Baron or Lord, but I'm pretty sure that won't work for a working class person.
On the other hand, having the character named Mr. (blank) would probably be better, as it gives this air of mystery as to who that person was or what his past was before becoming the Cyborg. As for actual names, I'm completely stumped.
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Post by Coaster on Jun 7, 2014 17:41:48 GMT -5
Mr. Smith? *brick'd*
I'unno. Are you looking for a normal-ish name like Lawrence or Hank or something more exotic?
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Post by Sabre on Jun 7, 2014 23:21:53 GMT -5
Something normal-ish, I think. I got my uncle to agree to let me use his first name for the villain's first name, so it'll be Michael (something).
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Post by Celestial on Jun 8, 2014 8:49:12 GMT -5
Since he's British, I pulled you two lists of the most common surnames in the UK. One from Wikipedia and another here. Maybe one of them fits well with Michael to create what you're looking for?
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Post by Sabre on Jun 8, 2014 14:16:21 GMT -5
Thanks. I've found a good name, Hart, and it's probably going to affect his appearance a little bit since the definition was: Means "male deer". It was originally acquired by a person who owned harts, lived in a place frequented by harts, or bore some resemblance to a hart.
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Post by Ian Wolf-Park on Jun 8, 2014 14:18:37 GMT -5
It also makes for a good pun- Mr. Hart (as in, change of heart)
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Post by Sabre on Jun 9, 2014 21:26:15 GMT -5
I could, but the villain's turning out to be kind of Frankenstein's Monster-ish. I didn't realize the similarities until I had to read Frankenstein for my college English class, lol I could make puns on him being 'hart'less instead.
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